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Collyridians

Wace's Dictionary of Early Christian Biography

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Collyridians. Under this name Epiphanius (Haer. 79) assails certain women who had brought from Thrace into Arabia the practice of performing on certain days rites in honour of the Blessed Virgin the chief being the offering of a cake (κολλυρίς) and the partaking of it by the worshippers. Epiphanius condemns their conduct because (a) women ought not to offer sacrifice and (b) Mary is to be honoured God only to be worshipped. The name Collyris (or kindred forms) is to be found in the LXX translation of Lev_7:12; Lev_8:26; 2Sa_6:19 and the word passed thence into the Latin versions.

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Bibliography Information
Wace, Henry. Entry for 'Collyridians'. A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hwd/​c/collyridians.html. 1911.
 
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